An emergency law that granted extra powers to the Swedish government in the fight against the coronavirus expired and will not be extended, news wires reported. The temporary law, which gave the government permission to make certain decisions to curb the spread of the coronavirus without first asking parliament, was passed in April and lasted until 30 June.

President Donald Trump approved a plan to slash the US military presence in Germany by 9,500 troops, the Defense Department said. Pentagon spokesman Jonathan Hoffman said the move, which has sparked concerns in Berlin and in the NATO alliance, is to redeploy the troops and will "enhance Russian deterrence, strengthen NATO, and reassure allies." The move will cut the current troop level in Germany from about 34,500 to 25,000.

Italian police on Wednesday seized 14 tonnes of drugs produced by Islamic State group in Syria, ANSA reported. The 84 million pills, the biggest haul ever, had a street value of over €1bn.

For the first time in Belgium's history, a reigning monarch expressed on Tuesday his "deepest regrets" for the "violence and cruelty" his country inflicted on what is now the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC).

Spain’s Ministry of Labour presented a draft bill which aims to protect the rights of employees who are working from home, news wires reported. Since the coronavirus beginning the figure has grown from 5% to 36% of the country’s workforce. The two standout points of the piece of legislation are the “right to flexible hours" and the right to "full compensation for expenses" derived from working from home.

A police operation was under way at ‘Les Quatre Temps’ shopping centre in La Defense business area in western Paris, the Paris police department said on Twitter. The shopping centre was being evacuated to allow for checks, it said. Further details were not immediately available.

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The United Nations refugee agency (UNHCR) called on Hungary’s PM Viktor Orban’s government to repeal a tightening of the Hungarian asylum system, provisions of which it says could violate international laws, news wires reported. Last month Hungary shut the so-called migrant transit zones on its borders, freeing about 300 migrabts, but also hardened rules, in effect barring future asylum applicants.

Medecins Sans Frontieres and four other humanitarian groups installed a migrant campsite in Paris housing about 100 adolescents, the organizations said on Tuesday, to draw attention to the dangers they face.

Austria will boost financial incentives for buying battery-powered cars, and triple grants for charging points from July in its efforts to fight global warming, the economy minister said on Monday cited by the news wires. From Wednesday on, electric car buyers will get 5,000 euros in support, up from 3,000 euros, Leonore Gewessler told a news conference.

The daily number of new coronavirus cases in the Czech Republic rose to 305, the highest since 3 April, Health Ministry data showed on Monday.